'America's Got Talent' is taping one more day at UNO Lakefront Arena. Performances are at noon and 5, and guests should expect to see some local talent on stage.

Loyola's Institute of Politics presents a lecture by CNN's Donna Brazile, veteran Democratic strategist and New Orleans native, as part of the fourth annual Ed Renwick Lecture Series

DJ Soul Sister hosts the Musically Speaking film series at Antenna Gallery. This week's film is 'Sparkle,' a 1976 a rags-to-riches (and, for some, rags again) story of three teenage singers in Harlem who form a girl group in the late 1950s. Starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Philip Michael Thomas, and featuring original music by Curtis Mayfield, the low-budget original has reached cult classic status since its successful mid-1970s release.

Author Veronica Kavass discusses and signs copies of her book, 'Artists in Love: From Picasso and Gilot to Christo and Jeanne-Claude - A Century of Creative and Romantic Partnerships' at the Columns Hotel as part of 1718: A New Orleans Reading Series.

Sarah Carr discusses and signs 'Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children' at Octavia Books.